proximity
[prok-sim-i-tee]
- nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
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Origin of proximity
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Contemporary Examples
She sends a miniature of her own image to the court, envious that it will enjoy a proximity she will never attain.
They make us realize, he explains, that “proximity is important to entrepreneurship.”
Afterwards, unable to live in proximity to their killers, she moved into this village.
“[Obama] had to do [strike] because of the proximity of the ISIS Howitzers to our defensive areas and our own people,” he said.
McCain Calls Obama's 'Pinprick' Iraq Strikes 'Meaningless' and 'Almost Worse Than Nothing'Josh Rogin
August 8, 2014
Harlow has some proximity to the Senate and House investigation.
Historical Examples
She dropped into her chair, with a flash of resentment at the proximity of the other table.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
The situation was, however, complicated by the proximity of the Afghan frontier.
The Story of the Malakand Field ForceSir Winston S. Churchill
He believed afterward that before he saw him he had felt the proximity of Slade.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
She made him appear at his best, but she cheapened that best by her proximity.
The Greater InclinationEdith Wharton
Does that mean that I should take advantage of its proximity and leave?
One Day's CourtshipRobert Barr
proximity
- nearness in space or time
- nearness or closeness in a series
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin proximitās closeness; see proximate
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Word Origin and History for proximity
n.
late 15c., from Middle French proximité "nearness" (14c.), from Latin proximitatem (nominative proximitas) "nearness, vicinity," from proximus "nearest, next; most direct; adjoining," figuratively "latest, most recent; next, following; most faithful," superlative of prope "near" (see propinquity).
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